Scottish Wedding Card

Hi all,

Well, here we are at the beginning of a new week and we have a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More.  I'm hosting this time and I've chosen the theme:

"Wooden it be Loverly" 

I'd like to see something wood related in your project. Perhaps a wooden embellishment like I've used, or wood effect stamping or embossing, trees, wooden fence etc, or you could even alter a wooden box.

A friend recently travelled to the States to attend a family wedding and she asked me to make a Scottish themed card for the happy couple, so here it is ...

I used a Hobbycraft wooden embellishment which I layered onto some tartan fabric (I used Bondaweb to stop the tartan from fraying).  The celtic circular die is from Tonic Studios and I used a Rennie Mackintosh font for the sentiment.

Our sponsor for this challenge is ...

Crafty Sentiments Designs

who are offering 3 digital images of the winner's choice.

I hope you can find the time to join in my challenge. Hope you all have a lovely week and thanks for taking the time to come visit.

Bye for now

Suze xx

Clean and Simple Art Nouveau

A couple of weeks ago I bought some beautiful Rennie Mackintosh stamps in the Chocolate Baroque sale.  I've inked them up today and make a card for two challenges ...

Less is More - "Cut it Out" (show some kind of hole or aperture in your card), and
Just for Fun - "Art Nouveau"

Stamp is Chocolate Baroque Mackintosh Baubles - inked in Versafine and coloured with Promarkers
Aperture and circular frame cut with Nesties
Font is Nouveau, downloaded free from Da Font

Thanks for taking the time to visit - wishing you all a great week.

Suze xx

Colours of Scotland

Less is More time again and this week Chrissie and Mandi have given us the challenge

COLOURS 

of 

YOUR NATION'S FLAG!

I'm a Scottish lassie and the official flag of Scotland is The Saint Andrews Cross (The Saltire) ...

My initial thought was, mmmm, blue & white, we did shades of blue a few weeks ago, but then I thought oh, I could use the Royal Standard of Scotland (Lion Rampant) which is much more colourful ...

So I've made a couple of cards, stamped images look a bit 'orangy' in the photos but they're redder IRL ...

Bird & Flowers from Stampin Up 'Punch Potpouri' - stamped onto yellow cardstock in Dew Drop Rocket Red and clear embossed
Foliage - red miri card cut with Sizzlits Little Leaves die from Stampin Up

Couldn't make up my mind about a sentiment so left one off meantime.

and my second card ...

Image - Hero Arts 'Poinsettia' stamped onto yellow cardstock in Rocket Red and Clear Embossed
Mounted behind a circular frame cut with a nestie
Touch of red liquid pearls and white enamel accents

Thanks for taking the time to visit, it really is very much appreciated.

Have a great week and Happy Crafting!

Suze xx

A Tag for The Bard

Well here's something completely different.

I wanted to make a tag for this week's challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show and in my "small" pile of newly acquired but uninked stamps, I have a Kanban mini set which has a thorny rose stamp.  Whenever I think of roses I immediately start singing (usually out loud!) my favourite Robert Burns song/poem - "My love is like a red, red rose".

So hence this tag was born.

I have to say I quite like it and I may even make a few more based on other Robert Burns poems.

Stamps: Stampin Up Music Roller & Kanban Mini Stamp09
Inks: Wild Honey, Crushed Olive, Forest Moss, Vintage Photo Distress Inks and Rocket Red & Hint of Pesto Dew Drop, with a touch of Glossy Accents
Sentiment printed on PC
Tartan scraps

Thanks ever so much for stopping by.

Suze xx